Friday, 7 Dec

Pregnancy Survey
About You
Name?: MARIA
Age?: 33
Height?: 5'4
Pre-pregnancy weight?:10 st 7 oz
About The Father
Name?: PETER
Age?: 34
Height?: 6 ft
Are you still together?: YES
About Your Pregnancy
Is this your first pregnancy?: NO, THIRD
When did you find out you were pregnant?: 4 WEEKS
Was it planned?: YES
What was your first reaction?: I HAD MY PERIOD SO DISBELIEF (IN A GOOD WAY THO!)
Who was with you when you found out?: MY HUBBY PETER WAS IN THE HOUSE BUT I DID THE TEST IN SECRET!
Who was the first person you told?: PETER, THEN MY BEST FRIEND SAM
How did your parents react?: MADE UP! WE WERE TRYING FOR 2 YEARS
How far along are you?: 16 WEEKS
What was your first symptom?: NASTY TASTE IN MY MOUTH
What is your due date?: MAY 21, 2008
Do you know the sex of the baby?: NO YET
If so, what is it?:
Have you picked out names?: THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NAMES WE LIKE
If so, what are they?: NIAMH OR NIALL FOR NOW
How much weight have you gained?: I'LL LET YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN WEIGHED SINCE BOOKING IN, SO I SUPPOSE THE MIDWIFE ISN'T WORRIED
Do you have stretch marks?: TOO MANY
Have you felt the baby move?: YES I'M CONVINCED FROM QUITE EARLY ON, NO MATTER WHAT THE BOOKS SAY!
Have you heard the heartbeat?: YES
About the birth
Will you keep the baby?: YES
Home or hospital birth?: HOSPITAL
Natural or medicated birth?: EPIDURAL
Who will be in the delivery room with you?: MY HUBBY
Will you breastfeed?: NO
Do you think you'll need a c-section?: I DO NEED A C-SECTION
Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?: YES
What's the first thing you might say to him/her?: THANK GOD YOUR OUT!!!
Would you let someone videotape the birth?: NOOOOOOO!!!
Are you excited about the birth, or scared?: BOTH
XxX xXx XxX

Fun Birthday Facts

Your baby's birthstone will be Emerald (Love, Success)
Your baby's Astrological Sign will be Taurus
Your baby's Flower is Lily_of_the_Valley or Hawthorn (Yellow, Red and Green)
Your baby will be born in the Chinese Year of The Rat
This time next year your baby will be 47 Weeks Old!
Your baby will start kindergarten in 2013, be old enough to drive a car in 2024, finish high school in 2026, and will graduate from college with the class of 2030, give or take a year. Can you imagine?

21st April 2008

Niall , a 2-syllable boy's name of Celtic/Gaelic origin, means: A champion; a noted warrior.

Birth details

Type of delivery: Cesarean section
Duration of labor: 7 hours!!!
Weight @ birth: 7 lb

Niall-Andrew-Carty`s birthstory

I went into spontaneous labour on Sunday May 11th although my elective cesarean section was booked for Wednesday May 14th, obviously little legs was not prepared to wait!!

I arrived at the labour ward only to discover how busy they were, so busy in fact that i had to labour for 7 hours, yes!! 7 hours before a theatre became free for little old me!! At this point I was 7 centimeters dilated and it HURT!!

I lost quite a lot of blood on the operating table so things got a bit scary at the time and because of this I had to stay in bed for 2 whole days after, trust me I was not a pretty sight!!

When they showed my me Niall I cried louder than he did, my husband too when he held him in his arms. As with a lot of section babies Niall needed a bit of oxygen to help him along.

He is beautiful, worth every ache, pain and every other blasted pregnancy symptom!! Mother nature has done her job and I have forgot everything already!! BLAST!!! I`m broody already !! LOL! xXx